Perception, history, and science: Coherence or disparity in the timing of the Little Ice Age maximum in southeast Iceland?

Polar Record

Volumn 41, Issue 219, 2005, Pages 319-334

  McKinzey, Krista M ^a   Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig ^b   Dugmore, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 26844487033     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247405004687     Document Type: Article

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